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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AA Wilson parent here with 4.0 DD. She is having an awesome experience. More than the teachers an administration, the peer group matters. Honors and AP level classes offer rigor and can be very demanding. It's a large school with many, many different types of kids. I don't agree with the previous poster about teachers not pushing advanced kids - we have had the opposite experience.

I will say though as truth that Wilson is a school where white kids definitely excel - no question.  While I actually hate to put a racial lens on it because race is a social construct, it is just the truth and stats bear it out.

I would think coming from Oakland there are similar  issues. Anyway good luck.[/quote]

Interesting. I read a lot of threads on here that deal with the issue of middle class blacks at Wilson, and how a lot of black and latino parents wont send their kids there. Does your daughter has a majority black peer group, or are most of her classes filled with white students?[/quote]

Her peer group is mostly white with some other races mixed in. Her classes usually have more white students but she is never the ONLY. I would say she is having a true integrated experience. She is totally comfortable moving across groups though. I always check-in with her about this but overall she's having a great experience.[/quote]

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